Installed in the imposing Zichy Mansion (Zichy kast茅ly), built in 1757, this renovated and rehung gallery contains some 150 works of Victor Vasarely (or V谩s谩rhelyi Gy艖z艖, as he was known before he emigrated to Paris in 1930), the late 鈥榝ather of op art鈥. Op art is short for 'optical art', a style of abstract visual art that uses optical illusions. Watch his excellent works like Ibadan-Pos (1977) and Keek (1980) as they 鈥榮well鈥 and 鈥榤ove鈥 around the canvas.
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Castle Hill is a kilometre-long limestone plateau towering 170m above the Danube. It contains some of Budapest鈥檚 most important medieval monuments and鈥
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The largest church in Hungary sits on Castle Hill, and its 72m-high central dome can be seen for many kilometres around. The building of the present鈥
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Budapest's stunning Great Synagogue is the world's largest Jewish house of worship outside New York City. Built in 1859, the synagogue has both Romantic鈥
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Home to more than 40 statues, busts and plaques of Lenin, Marx, B茅la Kun and others whose likenesses have ended up on trash heaps elsewhere, Memento Park,鈥
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Budapest鈥檚 neoclassical cathedral is the most sacred Catholic church in all of Hungary and contains its most revered relic: the mummified right hand of鈥
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The headquarters of the dreaded 脕VH secret police houses the disturbing House of Terror, focusing on the crimes and atrocities of Hungary's fascist and鈥
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The Eclectic-style Parliament, designed by Imre Steindl and completed in 1902, has 691 sumptuously decorated rooms. You鈥檒l get to see several of these and鈥
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The Hungarian National Museum houses the nation鈥檚 most important collection of historical relics in an impressive neoclassical building, purpose built in鈥
Nearby 脫buda & Buda Hills attractions
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Anchor tenant of the Zichy Mansion, where you鈥檒l also find the Vasarely Museum, but with its own entrance on F艖 t茅r, this wonderfully revamped museum鈥
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This branch of the Budapest Gallery includes sculptures, statues, medals and drawings by Imre Varga (b 1923), one of Hungary鈥檚 foremost sculptors. Like鈥
3. Hungarian Museum of Trade & Tourism
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This superb museum traces Budapest's catering and hospitality trade through the ages, including the dramatic changes after WWII, with restaurant items,鈥
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Next to the landmark Aquincum Hotel Budapest, the 脫buda Synagogue was built in 1821. For many years it housed Hungarian TV (MTV) sound studios because the鈥
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This museum tells the story of Hungary's textile industry and that of the textile factory founded by Jewish entrepreneur Ferenc Goldberger in 1784, which鈥
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Just north of the Japanese Garden, on a raised gazebo, is the revamped Musical Fountain. A replica of one in Marosv谩s谩rhely (now T芒rgu Mure葯) in鈥
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This attractive garden at the northwestern end of the island has koi fish and lily pads in its ponds, as well as bamboo groves, Japanese maples, dawn鈥
8. Roman Military Amphitheatre
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Built in the 2nd century for the Roman garrisons, this amphitheatre, about 800m south of Fl贸ri谩n t茅r. It's not especially impressive but will give you an鈥